DIY Abstract Art

I’m occasionally inspired to paint something. It usually comes from a need to have something on an empty wall! We had a spot above our couch that I thought at one point I would hang a black and white photo. That didn’t happen so I decided I would give a painting a shot.

Here’s the living room before:

We usually have some canvases laying around, we just reuse them over and over. No one around here considers themselves a painter but we like playing around with paints, even my son.
I started by painting the canvas white.

This painting took me several weeks. I would paint something, sit with it for a few days and then paint over it and start again. I wanted abstract art. I looked to Pinterest and other art resources for some ideas and then just went for it. 🙂
Here is the result: